Military on Alert for Killer Coke Cans

DigitalLogic writes "There's a new security threat at some of the nation's military bases -- and it looks uncannily like a can of Coke. All I can think of is that a furby with a coke can must be the military's worse nightmare."

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Re:Is this really that bad?

[darkmeridian]

This goes right next to the cases of people who get fired for bringing their new cell phone to work because their office is a security-tight "no camera zone" and their new phone just happens to be a cameraphone model. Yes, it's an overparanoid reaction, but it's one that was promised for people who bring in a threat to the security even if they didn't do it on purpose. Corporate espionage is a great hazard for leading edge firms, not just government "spook" operations. A Japanese firm once sent a person into an American firm pretending to be a collegiate documentary-maker who want actually taking hi-res video of the American firm's designs. But wait! I work there! Isn't this akin to testing the shoes of an airline pilot for explosives? Well, at work, you may just walk by a secure area whose documents you do not have access to. Just to drop by to see a friend, for example, who buzzed you in. Much harder to lean over a paper and read/memorize it than to take a picture of it. Corporate espionage is real. Think about it. Post-It pads make millions. The glue procedure takes seven steps to apply. If you can get rid of one, imagine the money you will make. Etc.